Digital Euro Association Blog

Meet the Experts: Tech Leaders Judging The Next Generation of CBDC Apps

Meet the Experts: Tech Leaders Judging The Next Generation of CBDC Apps

The response to Ripple’s recently announced CBDC Innovate 2023 challenge has been overwhelming. Despite being just halfway through the ideation stage at Phase I, the challenge has already garnered over 700 registrations. There has been immense interest and enthusiasm from developers a …

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Digital Euro Association partners with DZ Bank

Digital Euro Association partners with DZ Bank

The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is pleased to announce its latest partnership with DZ Bank, one of the largest commercial banks in Germany. DZ Bank's inclusion expands the DEA’s growing membership of financial institutions which are actively seeking to shape the future of digital m …

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Banking on Tokens: A Primer on Tokenized Commercial Bank Deposits

Banking on Tokens: A Primer on Tokenized Commercial Bank Deposits

Discover the future of banking in a digital age with the latest primer released by our Private Digital Euro Working Group, focusing on the emerging concept of Tokenized Deposits (TDs).

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Remote Office Administrator for the Digital Euro Association (20h/week)

Remote Office Administrator for the Digital Euro Association (20h/week)

We're hiring! The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is offering a 50% position as an Office Administrator (German: Bürokaufmann/Bürokauffrau, 20 hours/week) starting from September/October 2023 (or later).

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Digital Euro and Privacy: Analysis of the Regulatory Proposal by the European Commission

Digital Euro and Privacy: Analysis of the Regulatory Proposal by the European Commission

On June 28, the European Commission published a regulatory proposal for the digital euro, a central bank digital currency (CBDC) for the Euro Area. In this proposal, the Commission suggested a way to design a digital euro and how to integrate it into EU laws. In this blog post, I will …

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Recap of the Digital Euro Association Summerfest 2023

Recap of the Digital Euro Association Summerfest 2023

The DEA's second Summerfest, which took place on 29 June, 2023, proved to be a grand assembly of minds, witnessing active involvement of approx. 50 individuals that included institutional members, dedicated fellows and esteemed experts. The prestigious Frankfurt School of Finance & …

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Remote Bürokaufmann/ Bürokauffrau für die Digital Euro Association gesucht (20h/Woche)

Remote Bürokaufmann/ Bürokauffrau für die Digital Euro Association gesucht (20h/Woche)

Stellenbeschreibung Wir stellen ein! Die Digital Euro Association (DEA) bietet ab September/oktober 2023 eine 50%-Stelle als Bürokaufmann/ Bürokauffrau (20h/Woche). Wir suchen Unterstützung bei den administrativen Aufgaben für die wichtigsten Aufgaben der DEA: (1) Weiterbildung, (2) A …

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DEA and Hellenic Association of Treasurers Join Forces

DEA and Hellenic Association of Treasurers Join Forces

The Digital Euro Association (DEA) is proud to unveil a strategic partnership with the Hellenic Association of Treasurers (HAT), a distinguished organization representing Treasury and Finance professionals across Greece and abroad. This alliance between the DEA and HAT aims to foster …

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Lessons from the first implemented CBDC: the Sand dollar

Lessons from the first implemented CBDC: the Sand dollar

Many central banks are exploring and experimenting with some form of central bank digital currency. The Bahamian Sand dollar was the first fully implemented digital currency in 2020. In this article, we discuss what lessons can be learned from the implementation of digital currency in …

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Digital euro - What can we expect in the legislative framework?

Digital euro - What can we expect in the legislative framework?

On the 28 June 2023 the EU Commission will release a bumper package of legislative proposals impacting financial services - PSD3, open finance and a legislative proposal for a digital euro. The Digital Euro proposal was expected in late May 2023 but is now expected to be published alo …

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